The Turner College's Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Honor Society Induction Ceremony is taking place on Friday, April 25 from 1:00pm to 2:30 pm in the Synovus Center Theater on CSU's main campus. You are all cordially invited to celebrate Turner College students along with their families. There will be a reception following the ceremony in the lobby area. Thanks to the members of the Turner College faculty who participated in the BGS Tapping (in full regalia): Dean Deb Kidder, Joshua Brooks, Brett Cotten, Gisung Moon, Tom Ngo, Ed O'Donnell, Wen Shi, and Neal Thomson. Thanks also fo out to the professors who allowed time to interrupt their classes: Charles Boster, Phil Bryant, Fonda Carter, Phil Cook, Cotten, Johnny Ho, Moon, Robin Snipes, and Michelle Zeller. Beta Gamma Sigma is The International Business Honor Society. Since 1913 it has recognized and honored top performing students from around the world in business schools accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Beta Gamma Sigma, whose members are the top 10% of undergraduate students and top 20% of graduate students, maintains more than 600 collegiate chapters throughout more than 190 countries. The Turner College of Business at CSU has maintained a chapter of Beta Gamm Sigma since 2004.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...
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